Digital Economy Summit 2023 | Digital Economy Summit | 12 April 2023 | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Dr, Wan Chai, Hong Kong

The pandemic has created strong tailwinds for global technology adoption at an unprecedented rate and accelerated the next wave of a smart urban transformation. Over the past challenging years, smart city innovations have emerged as the champion force to power the speedy recovery for economies and communities, reinventing a smarter future for all.

2023 Speakers

GUEST OF HONOUR:

Hon John KC Lee, GBM, SBS, PDSM, PMSM
The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Hon Paul Chan Mo-po, GBM, GBS, MH, JP
Financial Secretary of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Prof the Hon Dong Sun, JP
Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Mr Chan Sai Ming, Simon, BBS , JP
Chairman, Hong Kong Cyberport

Dr Allen Shi, BBS, MH, JP
President, The Chinese Manufacturers’ Association of Hong Kong

Dr Winnie Tang, MH, JP
Founder and Honorary President, Smart City Consortium

Dr Denis Yip
Chief Executive Officer, ASTRI

Mr Edmond Lai
Chief Digital Officer, Hong Kong Productivity Council

SPEAKERS:

Mr Pengfei Yang
Party Secretary; Director-General, Guangdong Provincial Administration of Government Service and Data

Dr Will Cavendish
Global Leader of Digital Services, Arup

Ms Selina Yuan
Alibaba Group VP & President Alibaba Cloud Intelligence International

Mr Raymond Janse van Rensburg
Vice President, Systems Engineering, Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China, Cisco

Mr Fernando Bertoni
President & CEO, Util Group

Ms Clara Chan
Executive Director (Monetary Management), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)

The Hon Duncan Chiu
Legislative Council Member of the HKSAR (Technology and Innovation)

Ms Loretta Fong
ESG Services Leader, PwC Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area; Government & Public Sector Leader, PwC Hong Kong and Macau

Mr Gleb Kostarev
Regional Head of Asia, Binance

Prof Xiang Li
Associate Professor, Department of Automation, Tsinghua University

Prof Zheng Li
Executive President, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua University

Prof Ming Liu
Founder, Shenzhen Unity Drive Innovation Technololgy Co Ltd

Mr Cyrus Ng
Partner, Financial Advisory, Deloitte China

Dr Albert Wong
Partner, Public Sector Consulting, PwC Hong Kong

Ms Elsa Wong
Chairman, Digital, Information and Telecommunications Committee, Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

Mr Feng Xiao
Vice Chairman and Executive Director, China Wanxiang Blockchain Inc

Prof Anthony Yeh
Chair Professor of Urban Planning & Geographic Information Systems, The University of Hong Kong

Mr Gary Yeung, MH
President, Smart City Consortium

Mr Andy Bien
Chief Digital Officer Global Aviation, Huawei

Mr Kwok Fai Chang
Deputy Director / Survey & Mapping, Lands Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China

Mr Eugene Chan
Executive Vice President, Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council

Mr Toney Chang
Vice Chairman, Executive Committee of Group 25 (Hong Kong Information Technology Industry Council) of Federation of Hong Kong Industries

Mr Nixon Chau
Managing Director and General Manager, SenseTime Hong Kong

Mr Ken Chiu
Head of Carbon and ESG Products, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

Mr Felix Choi
Vice President, Hong Kong Young Industrialists Council

Mr Steven Choi
Head , Tencent Cloud, Hong Kong & Macau

Ms Sophia Chong
Deputy Executive Director, Hong Kong Trade Development Council

Mr Wilson Chow
Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Industry Leader, PwC China

Mr Chao Deng
Head of HashKey Singapore, and CEO of HashKey Capital

Mr Shigeru Dohno
Executive Vice President, Panasonic Corporation, Japan

Mr Michael Fei
Chief Executive, Ping An OneConnect Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Mr William Gee
Vice Chairman, Asia PKI Consortium

Mr Wei Jiao
Deputy Director, of Science & Technology Innovation Division of Qianhai Administrative Bureau of Shenzhen

Mr Thomson Lai
Managing Director, Digital, AECOM

Mr Carlos Lee
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Engineer, O-Matic Intelligent Robot Limited

Mr Gilbert Lee
Head of Strategy & Planning and Chief of Staff to Chief ExecutiveHang Seng Bank

Dr David Lee
Chairman, Global Fintech Institute, Singapore University of Social Sciences

Mr Roy Lim
Co-founder,temi

Prof Kar Kan Ling
Director, Jockey Club Design Institute for Social Innovation, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Mr Felix Lio
Vice Chairman of Innovation, Technology and Industry Committee of The Chinese General Chamber of Commerce

Dr Chi Ho Ng
Chairman, The Hong Kong Electronic Industries Association

Prof King Wang Poon
Director,Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design

Mr Hanjin Tan
FinTech Consultant, Blocktracer

Mr Fred Sheu
National Technology Officer, Microsoft Hong Kong

Dr Jukka Viitanen
CEO, Resolute HQ Inc.

Dr Gérard Wolf
Chairman, the Sustainable City Task Force, MEDEF International

Ir Wilson Wong
Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Internet Registration Corporation Limited

Prof Martin Wong
Dean of Engineering and Choh-Ming Li Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Mr Ricky Yeung
Chief Operation Officer, Eddid Financial

Mr Thomas Zhu
Head of Digital Assets Think Tank at AMTD FinTech Centre of PolyU Faculty of Business